Talk:Limerick (poetry)
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Example
Must think of a better example. The metre is wrong on the current one -- Tarquin
- Is it better after taking out the vandalism from a couple months ago? --Brion
- Much. I obviously didn't read that closely... it's pre-breakfast in my time zone :-) -- Tarquin
Quotations
Those two references about the name, currently reference 1 and 2, are, judging by references on the web, from the fascicle containing the L, 1898, from the Oxford Dictionary 1928 edition. What is it that has to be referenced about Sumer is icumen in, currently the third reference, which has its own page? Mysha
Why Anespsts? + age
Why consider the limerick anapestic? Three lines are dactyls with additional unstressed feet at the beginning and end. The additional unstressed feet don't count. Those three lines could also be seen as ambhibrachs.
Also, they are an ancient form. Queen Elizabeth 1 wrote an essay on morality in this form, though I can't find it in the Web. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Indigocat (talk • contribs) 23:22, 22 October 2016 (UTC)
Anapaests? The Limerick ain't anapaestic If that's what you think then you best stick To prosaic matters With free-versing chatters It's amphibrachs keeping things zest-ic
There Limerick like poems in other meters (and the first example of course slips from the "true" form by finishing each line with an extra down beat, dropping the "al" from each of the longer lines worsens the English but improves the form!)
di DUM di / di DUM di / di DUM [di] di DUM di / di DUM di / di DUM [di] di DUM di / di DUM [di] di DUM di / di DUM [di] di DUM di / di DUM di / di DUM [di]
or to go back to Lear there WAS an old MAN with a BEARD who SAID it is JUST as i FEARED two OWLS and a HEN three LARKS and a WREN have ALL built their NESTS in my BEARD
using anapaests would stress an, with, it, as, and, and, built and finally in.
Cricketjeff (talk) 13:54, 4 February 2017 (UTC)
The first two syllables are always weak then strong, and the classic example (There ONCE was a MAN from NanTUCKet) is unambiguously amphibrachic. I've edited the article to note that some forms are amphibrachic, while others are one syllable short of both amphibrachs and anapaests, depending whether one thinks a weak syllable is missing from the start or end of the line.
121.200.5.173 (talk) 07:01, 31 May 2020 (UTC)
- The article (current version) contains the sentence: "The third and fourth lines are usually anapaestic." suggesting that line 3 and 4 consist of 6 syllables. There are examples of it, but I think that another (imho more important) form should not be left out, which is that line 3 and 4 contain a iamb followed by anapaest. This form allows the limerick to be sung!
- di DUM di / di DUM di / di DUM di
- di DUM di / di DUM di / di DUM di
- di DUM / di di DUM
- di DUM / di di DUM
- di DUM di / di DUM di / di DUM di
- Bob.v.R (talk) 10:30, 24 March 2021 (UTC)
Haptic poetry example
The example of haptic poetry is interesting, but there is no explanation as to why it is a Limerick. Indeed there only seems to be one reference to the image on Google, in Polish ( https://poezja.org/utwor/161911-amstaffka-yoko-ze-zgierza/ ) with no mention of Limerick. Surely there should be done clarification, reference or it should be deleted.
94.14.136.222 (talk) 08:23, 30 July 2019 (UTC)
- I agree with previous post: clarify or reference it. Or delete it. The objects in the picture do NOT reflet the length of limerick lines. Relevance to this article?? Pete unseth (talk) 18:29, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
Suggest: Insert a new section after section 3
I would like to insert a new section after section 3. It would introduce the website OEDILF.com (The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form). I suggest the following text. Is this OK?
The website OEDILF.com (The Omnificent English Dictionary In Limerick Form) has the goal of writing at least one limerick for each meaning of each and every word in the English language. Started in October 2003, as of June 2021 it has attracted over 2,200 writers, who have written 110,344 approved limericks. The estimated completion date is 2063.
As of June 2021, only submissions based on words beginning with the letters Aa- through Ha- are being accepted. Each limerick is "workshopped" to ensure that it conforms to the definition of limerick in terms of meter and rhyme. Five experienced limerick writers must approve it. New limerick authors are encouraged to join in the fun.